Big Bend vs Oconomowoc Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bend and Oconomowoc Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Bend and Oconomowoc Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Bend has the higher population (1,311 vs 699 in Oconomowoc Lake). Oconomowoc Lake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $136,042 in Big Bend). Oconomowoc Lake has the higher median home value ($1,328,700 vs $293,900 in Big Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bend	Oconomowoc Lake
Population	1,311	699
Median age	43.1 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$136,042	$250,001
Median home value	$293,900	$1,328,700
Median gross rent	$988	—
Housing units	568	338
Homeownership rate	88.5%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bend	Oconomowoc Lake
Population	1,348 → 1,311 (-2.7%)	583 → 699 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $136,042 (+58.6%)	$216,250 → $250,001 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $293,900 (+31.7%)	$891,700 → $1,328,700 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $988 (-11.0%)	—

Big Bend

Population

1,3481,311

Median household income

$85,750$136,042

Median home value

$223,100$293,900

Median gross rent

$1,110$988

Oconomowoc Lake

Population

583699

Median household income

$216,250$250,001

Median home value

$891,700$1,328,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bend	Oconomowoc Lake
Under 5	4.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	9.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	5.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	25.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	19.7%
75 and over	4.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bend	Oconomowoc Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	12.4%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bend	Oconomowoc Lake
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	38.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bend	Oconomowoc Lake
Drove alone	85.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bend	Oconomowoc Lake
1-unit, detached	93.7%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Bend	Oconomowoc Lake
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1967	1974